Coverage of the 2014 NFL Draft on NFL Network, ESPN & ESPN2 reached 45.7 million people across the three days, topping the previous record set in 2010, according to The Nielsen Company. The number of viewers that watched some part of the draft over the combined three days topped the previous record of 45.4 million set in 2010.

Viewership for the combined NFL Network/ESPN/ESPN2 coverage of Rounds 2 and 3 on Friday night was up eight percent over last year. Day 3 viewership across the combined NFL Network/ESPN coverage was up 17 percent.

The NFL Draft brought in a record number of viewers for 2014

In addition, the 2014 NFL Draft was the biggest NFL Draft ever on Twitter. In total, more than 9.6 million tweets were sent about the 2014 NFL Draft, up 211 percent from 2013. An average of 10 million people per day saw tweets about the 2014 NFL Draft over the three-day event (according to Nielsen Social Guide). For Round 1, where the plums of the Draft are usually selected, more than 11 million people saw more than seven million total tweets about the Draft last night, up 347% from 2013 according to Nielsen Social Guide.